Changing to Canon (1 Viewer)

Hio all,

I have seen some online friends from other countries changed to Canon system mainly because of the weight saving; 600mm IS II compared with the Nikon 600mm VR.

Just now my friend also were thinking of changing from Nikon 500mm VR to Canon 600mm IS II. He complained the weight is too much sometimes when walking in the rainforest. I was thinking the same too.

What's your opinions on these ? May I know optically, how does the Canon 600mm IS II perform against Nikon 600mm VR in the rainforest ?

Thanks :king:

Jason, the 600 II is a fantastic optic. As light as the former 500s of Canon and Nikon, superb image stabilization and quality, but not price! More info here:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=248457
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=244740
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=234409

Just wondering, for the work you do, why not use the Canon 300mm 2.8 II? Definitely handholdable at 2.4kg only and great for off-tripod work e.g. stalking pittas in the undergrowth.

Then again, the new Nikon D7100 is a fantastic prospect. Nikon also has the V1 or V2 which are excellent birding cameras that can AF on Nikon's AF-S lenses. Between them, you have the option of a 1.5x, 1.95x and 2.7x crop which is fantastic. Canon does not have this feature at all.

Hope this helps

Hor Kee said:

Just wondering, for the work you do, why not use the Canon 300mm 2.8 II? Definitely handholdable at 2.4kg only and great for off-tripod work e.g. stalking pittas in the undergrowth.

Then again, the new Nikon D7100 is a fantastic prospect. Nikon also has the V1 or V2 which are excellent birding cameras that can AF on Nikon's AF-S lenses. Between them, you have the option of a 1.5x, 1.95x and 2.7x crop which is fantastic. Canon does not have this feature at all.

Hope this helps

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I will keep my Nikon 300mm 2.8 VR II mainly for sports and use the scope for birding tours. Unless if I can swap the Nikon with Canon 300mm 2.8 IS II :king: